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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-6 | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | KPI Tree, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement |